In broad daylight

AUTHOR(S)

Jin, Ha

PUB. DATE

June 1993

SOURCE

Kenyon Review;Summer93, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p80

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Short Story

ABSTRACT

Presents a short story `In Broad Daylight,' by Ha Jin, about the arrest and punishment of a Chinese woman named Mu Ying for charges of adultery. Reactions of her townmates; Description of old way of punishing adultery; Plea for Mu Ying by her husband Meng Su; Confession of her crime; Humiliation with cloth-shoes and placard; Death of Meng Su.